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Prime Minister Theresa May is to urge the first ministers of Scotland and Wales to back her Brexit deal at a summit in London. Prime Minister Theresa May has urged the first ministers of Scotland and Wales to back her Brexit deal.
The leaders of the devolved administrations will meet UK ministers at Downing Street on Wednesday. At a Downing Street summit, the leaders of the devolved administrations discussed the UK's impending exit from the European Union.
Mrs May said her Brexit plan "delivers for the whole of the UK", urging others to "pull together" behind it. Mrs May said her plan "delivers for the whole of the UK", urging others to "pull together" behind it.
However, members in both the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly have overwhelmingly voted against the deal. But Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said MPs should study other plans, such as a new Brexit referendum.
MPs are set to hold their "meaningful" vote on the withdrawal agreement hammered out with European negotiators in January 2019. Members in both the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly have overwhelmingly voted against Mrs May's deal.
Ministers from around the UK will gather for a summit at Downing Street on Wednesday afternoon, with Brexit high on the agenda. MPs are set to hold their "meaningful" vote on the withdrawal agreement, hammered out with European negotiators, in January 2019.
Mrs May will head a team of UK ministers including her de facto deputy David Lidington, the Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish secretaries. Ministers from around the UK gathered for the meeting in London on Wednesday afternoon, with Brexit high on the agenda. Mrs May and a team of her ministers were joined by Ms Sturgeon and the newly appointed Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her Brexit Secretary Mike Russell will be there for the Scottish government, while newly-appointed First Minister Mark Drakeford will attend for the Welsh administration. There was also discussion of immigration after the government published a White Paper of its plans for rules after the UK leaves the EU.
The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens tabled a vote of no confidence in the UK government following a meeting on Tuesday evening. Mrs May has been facing a battle to win support for her Brexit plans, with critics on her own back benches as well as across the opposition.
The parties want the government to debate the motion before parliament rises for the Christmas recess, but it is thought the government is only obliged to give time to motions tabled in the name of the Leader of the Opposition - Labour's Jeremy Corbyn - who has so far failed to do so. The prime minister said she was "confident that what we have agreed delivers for the whole of the UK".
Ahead of the summit, Mrs May said she was "confident that what we have agreed delivers for the whole of the UK".
She said: "This deal honours the result of the referendum - taking back control of our money, laws and borders, protecting jobs and livelihoods, and freeing the UK to strike new trade deals with countries around the world.She said: "This deal honours the result of the referendum - taking back control of our money, laws and borders, protecting jobs and livelihoods, and freeing the UK to strike new trade deals with countries around the world.
"That's why it is more important than ever that the devolved administrations get behind this deal and listen to businesses and industry bodies across all four nations who have been clear that it provides the certainty they need.""That's why it is more important than ever that the devolved administrations get behind this deal and listen to businesses and industry bodies across all four nations who have been clear that it provides the certainty they need."
'Run down the clock''Run down the clock'
Ms Sturgeon said the prime minister should "face up to reality" and extend the current Brexit deadline of 29 March. Following the meeting, Ms Sturgeon said SNP MPs would not be voting for Mrs May's deal, and called on the prime minister to extend the current Brexit deadline of 29 March.
She said: "It would be unforgiveable if Theresa May was trying to run down the clock to Brexit day. She must immediately inform the EU that she will seek their approval for an extension of Article 50 if MPs reject her deal in January. She said: "We have argued that Article 50 should be extended, so that no-deal is absolutely taken off the table and that time is then given for parliament to look at the alternatives to the deal.
"This will allow time for an alternative way forward to be found, preferably another referendum on EU membership "Our preference of course is for another EU referendum, to give people across the UK the opportunity, knowing what they now know after the last two and a half years, to change their minds."
"With 100 days to go before the UK is due to leave the EU, the UK government must stop threatening the disaster of no-deal, and start putting people's jobs and living standards first." Ms Sturgeon also said she had made her views about immigration "very clear to the prime minister" at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Phillip Hammond has confirmed the Scottish government will be allocated £55m for Brexit preparations in 2019/20, as part of its £2bn spend. She said: "This paper says that the proposals would reduce EU migration into Scotland by 85%. So it would be devastating for jobs, the economy, for living standards, the income of the country, and it would also deprive us of people who make a big and positive contribution to life in Scotland."
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has argued that the new system would be based on the skills, rather than origin, of migrants and show the UK was "open for business".
Mr Javid said the plans did not include a "specific target" for reducing numbers coming into the UK but would bring net migration down to "sustainable levels".
Preparation funds
Meanwhile, the SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens tabled a vote of no confidence in the UK government following a meeting on Tuesday evening.
The parties want the government to debate the motion before parliament rises for the Christmas recess, but it is thought the government is only obliged to give time to motions tabled in the name of the Leader of the Opposition - Labour's Jeremy Corbyn - who has so far failed to do so.
And Chancellor Phillip Hammond has confirmed the Scottish government will be allocated £55m for Brexit preparations in 2019/20, as part of its £2bn spend.
The Welsh Government will receive £31m while the Northern Ireland Executive will be granted £20m.The Welsh Government will receive £31m while the Northern Ireland Executive will be granted £20m.